附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Controversies in management -- 2. What is management? : a term in search of a meaning -- 3. What is management? : exploitation, politics and magic -- 4. The social sciences : can they help managers? -- 5. Principles of management : valid or vacuous? -- 6. Getting ahead in management : meritocracy or myth? -- 7. Gender in management : must men manage? -- 8. Organizational leadership : does it make a difference? -- 9. Managing all over the world : one way or many? -- 10. The future of management : business as unusual?
摘要:Modern managers cope not only with a complex and ever changing world, but also with diverse ways of understanding and managing it. This second edition sets out to explore some of these puzzles and provides a guide to the different key theories and approaches to management that have developed over the years.
